ATI Radeon 8500 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking129not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money4.14no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGM200R200
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 June 2015 (8 years old)14 August 2001 (22 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 no data
Current price$1195 (1.8x MSRP)$9.49
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2816no data
CUDA cores2816no data
Core clock speed1000 MHz275 MHz
Boost clock speed1075 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,000 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate176 billion/sec2.200
Floating-point performance6,060 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Length10.5" (26.7 cm)no data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors6-pin + 8-pinNone
SLI options+no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount6 GB64 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s550 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.5 GB/s8.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.21x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+no data
HDCP+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+no data
GeForce ShadowPlay+no data
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)8.1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.51.4
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 980 Ti 13822
+230267%
ATI 8500 6

GeForce GTX 980 Ti outperforms Radeon 8500 by 230267% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 2 June 2015 14 August 2001
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 23 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Radeon 8500. We've got no test results to judge.


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